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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event where he announced his run for president on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

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Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic
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Mon,07/17/23-12:42PM , 89 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F.
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An annual gathering of Moms for Liberty is drawing Republican presidential candidates and criticism from protestors outside the event. The group has quickly become a force in conservative politics advocating for “parental rights” in education. (June 30)

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Moms for Liberty's focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions
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Sun,07/02/23-7:46AM , 73 Reads
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moms for Liberty, a “parental rights” group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, is looking to expand those efforts across the country and to other education posts in 2024 and beyond.
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Madelin Munilla, 67, who came to Miami as a child when her parents fled Fidel Castro's Cuba, holds up a sign comparing President Joe Biden to Castro and other Latin American leaders at a rally outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)

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Trump and other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as ‘communists’
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Sun,06/18/23-11:09PM , 87 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Lashing out after his arraignment on federal charges last week, Donald Trump took aim at President Joe Biden and Democrats with language that seemed to evoke another era: He was being persecuted, he said, by
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation on Monday, May 15, 2023, banning state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at Florida's public universities, at New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race
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Sun,06/11/23-11:12PM , 93 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — To its members, it’s a grassroots army of “joyful warriors” who “don’t co-parent with the government.”

To anti-hate researchers, it’s a well-connected extremist group that attacks inclusion in schools.
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